That did throw me off at first too, but I think one of them mentions that they'd been stuck in the past for 3 days at that point. I could buy that after 3 days, the stress of the situation would cause seemingly settled tensions to flare back up. More confusing was why Wyatt told Rufus to keep the recorder at the end…

I think we just have to accept that on Timeless, the rules of time travel are dictated by wherever the writers have decided the story is going. They haven't made much effort to fill in those plot holes but at least they hang the lampshade (eg Lucy calling out the fact that it makes no sense for Flynn to be able to…

I've been waiting for the Stranded review all week! What an excellent episode. It everything right: starting in media res, giving us a B-plot to cut to back at the lab, focusing heavily on the characters and letting the cast's acting abilities shine, ignoring Flynn and including some real humor instead of throwaway…

I guess I never got the sense that Ian had truly reconciled the way his illness influenced the nature of his relationship with Mickey, even if the plot had seemed to be resolved by TV arc writing standards. Some of this is definitely projecting my own experiences with mental illness and how it affects my relationship,…

Screentime is not the same as development.

I guess in the TWD universe, humor is not a coping mechanism. I'm struggling to think of any other show where the writers allow their characters so few moments of levity. It's exhausting.

Lip doesn't deserve Sierra but I'd accept them being together if it's the only way she gets to stay on the show since she's one of the better supporting characters they've introduced in recent years. I don't think we're heading for a happy ending for Lip, though; given how many chances he's blown at this point, they'd…

I dunno, I actually thought it rang pretty true from someone like Ian who clearly hadn't fully accepted his mental illness. Speaking from personal experience, it can feel really demeaning for someone to try to help you when you're still struggling with the idea that you're someone who needs help, and that can lead to…

William H. Macy is the only cast member that still gets award show attention after Joan Cusack's departure, so I'm sure Showtime will cling to him as long as possible. Although maybe with Tatiana Maslany finally getting her due, Emmy Rossum will have a shot this year.

Emmy should use this episode for her Emmy submission (there's just no way to avoid that pun, is there?). The expression on her face as Monica is commending her on how well she's raised the kids perfectly conveyed the mixture of pride and anger Fiona would feel being praised by the mother than abandoned her.

I've maintained my high opinion of the series for longer than a lot of people, but at this point even I have to concede that I'm basically just watching it out of loyalty and for Emmy Rossum's acting.

The steps on the "How To Share" poster in Diane and MPB's therapist's office: feel, react, spill, obfuscate, bottle, unbottle, rebottle, reflect, repeat. Seems like a fairly accurate description of the emotional process of most of the characters on this show.

She sits in an interesting niche - she's never done anything that particularly makes me love her, but unlike my other favorite inmates she hasn't done anything that made me want to slap her either. She's just a grounded voice of reason, which over the long run keeps her average likability-to-screen time ratio a lot…

Well that probably explains it; I'm so unfamiliar with that reference that I didn't even know it was a reference.

Reading the comments here I always find it interesting how polarizing some episodes of this show can be. I find Pillows and Blankets to be easily the dullest, flattest attempt at a theme episode in the series. One of the few I skip on rewatches. It just doesn't do anything for me - not funny, not emotional, not…